Sales-book



(No Model.)

C. W. EARNSHAW.

SALES BOOK.

Patented Aug. 28, 1883 met Anouar Amma cumin! N. PETER Phnmulhompher, washington. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT met QHARLES VILLIAM EARNSHAV, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SALES-nook.

SPECIFICATION forming Vpart of Letters Patent No. 283,8'1'72, dated Aug'ust 28, 1883.

Application filed May 22,1883. (No modelr) To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WILLIAM EARNsHAw, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, of the Commonwealth of lVIassachusett-s,l have invented a new and useful Improvement in' Sales-Books; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following speciiication, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 an edge view, of one of my improved sales-books as open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, and Fig. 4 a top view, of it as closed.- Fig. 5 is a top view of the upper sheet of the pack of leaves of the book.

The book in question is for 'use in large retail or other stores, and is to enable a salesman to Vrapidly producea ticket or written statement of the goods, the price or amount of sales of such goods, a fac-simile copy of such statement, and, if required, an auxiliary statement, and to note on the cover of the book the amounts of the sales against numbers corresponding to those of the tickets or written statements.

In carrying out my invention I have on the inner face of the book-cover A, and usually close to one edge thereof, printed amount and number columns a b c, as represented, such columns being divided by transverse lines d into spaces for reception of the figures indicative of the numbers of sales and cash received therefor. The divisions marked l, 2, 3, &e., of the column c correspond in number to those of the sheets of paper constituting the pack B of leaves of the book. In making the said pack, I take a suitable number of sheets of paper-#as fifty, for instance-each being of proper length and width, and lay them together, one on another, in a pile or pack, after whichV I fold the pack transversely of it near its middle, so that one portion of it shall lap on the other and extend thereon a distance short vof the length thereof. Before folding the pack I lay upon its upper sheet a sheet, C, of transfer-paper, the lower or offsetting side of which is to be against the upper sheet of the pack, such sheet O being arranged as represented. I secure the pack and the transfersheet to the cover at the folds of the pack and cover by means of astring, D, extended transversely across the said Asheet and cover and through the latter, so as to cause the pack and transfer-sheet to be held to the cover by a loop. The transfer-sheet will continue in connection with the cover as each sheet of the pack may be removed or torn out.

Each sheet of thepackmay have printed on its under side suitable lines or columns and designating-words, particularly such as to indicate Quantity]7 Articles,77 ,Piice,77 and Amounts, tc., relating to a sale when made; and, besides, each sheet isto have its proper number marked or printed on it. An example of a sheet so printed is shown in Fig. 5.

By having the upper portion of the pack shorter than the lower portion, on which it laps, a salesman can at once get access to the proper sheet and fold thereof preparatory to making a record thereon. This he could not so readily accomplish were the two folds of the pack of the same length.

In using the book, after opening the cover the salesman first places his hand on the projecting part of the lower fold of the pack and next pushes and turns the upper fold over upon the cover. Next he is to turn back upon the sheet of transfer-paper that portion of the upper sheet of the pack which then constitutes the upper leaf of the shorter fold. Next he writes on the upper surface of the part so turned back upon thetransfersheet his account and particulars of a sale. A fac-simile of the writing will at the-same time be produced on that part of the upper sheet upon which the transfer-sheet rests. Next, in case such may be desirable, he can also write a record on the lower part or fold of the upper sheet. Opposite the sheet-number of the number-column of the cover and in the amountcolumn he next writes the amount in cash obtained for the goods or articles he may have sold. Next he removes or tears from the pack the sheet so written on and disposes of it as may be necessary. The sheets of the pack he 9 5 successively treats in manner as described, and writes in the amount-column of the cover the amount-of cash for which the recorded sale may have been made.

I claim- The sales-book substantially as described, consisting not only of the covenprovided With amount and number columns, but of the transfer-sheet and the pack of sheets arranged to- 5 gether and With and connected to such cover in manner as explained, and having the pack folded near the middle thereof, so as to cause the fold of it that may be resting on the cover t0 be longgei` 01' extend beyond the other 01 overlapping fold, as set forth.

CHARLES WILLIAM EARNSHAW. 

